The first table below looks at the demand for the Architect role in IT contracts advertised for the Oxfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Oxfordshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Architect
Rank 40 46 44
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -2
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 9 12 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 2.083% 1.875% 1.802%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.211% 1.961% 1.874%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 3 4
Average daily rate £500 £400 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% -20.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £465 £300 £251
10% offered a daily rate of more than £540 £420 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £475 £450 £475
% change year-on-year
+5.55% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 £27.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year
+48.14% -32.50%
All Job Titles
Oxfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
407 612 427
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 94.21% 95.63% 96.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 211 295 195
Average daily rate £340 £350 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.85% +16.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £179
10% offered a daily rate of more than £463 £500 £394
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 83 60
Average hourly rate £14.81 £16.80 £14.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-11.84% +15.87%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £11.00 £11.36
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.15 £30.00 £26.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Architect
South East

Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Architect across the Oxfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Oxfordshire Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Architect
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Architect across the Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire Architect Daily Rate Trend

Architect
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Architect across the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Oxfordshire Architect Daily Rate Histogram

Architect
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Architect across the Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire Architect Hourly Rate Trend

Architect
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Architect within the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Oxford +1 5 £500 +42.85%
Banbury - 1 £450 -
Architect
South East

Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire region that cited Architect in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Architect in their job title.

1 8 (32.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 5 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
2 5 (20.00%) Waterfall
2 5 (20.00%) Finance
3 4 (16.00%) ISEB
3 4 (16.00%) Security Architecture
3 4 (16.00%) Data Integration
3 4 (16.00%) ISEB Practitioner
4 3 (12.00%) Banking
4 3 (12.00%) TOGAF
4 3 (12.00%) Degree
4 3 (12.00%) SaaS
4 3 (12.00%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (12.00%) B2B
4 3 (12.00%) E-Commerce
4 3 (12.00%) Telecoms
4 3 (12.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (8.000%) VMware
5 2 (8.000%) Electronics
5 2 (8.000%) Manufacturing
5 2 (8.000%) DTV
5 2 (8.000%) EDI
5 2 (8.000%) PHP
5 2 (8.000%) MySQL
5 2 (8.000%) SAP
5 2 (8.000%) Web Services
5 2 (8.000%) XML
5 2 (8.000%) Windows
5 2 (8.000%) Salesforce.com
5 2 (8.000%) Citrix

Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire region that cited Architect in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (8.000%) Web Services
1 2 (8.000%) XML
1 2 (8.000%) EDI
1 2 (8.000%) JSON
1 2 (8.000%) Apache Flex
2 1 (4.000%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 1 (4.000%) CMS
Business Applications
1 2 (8.000%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 1 (4.000%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.000%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.000%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (4.000%) Axure RP
General
1 5 (20.00%) Finance
2 3 (12.00%) Banking
2 3 (12.00%) Telecoms
3 2 (8.000%) Marketing
3 2 (8.000%) Manufacturing
3 2 (8.000%) Electronics
4 1 (4.000%) Back Office
4 1 (4.000%) Publishing
Miscellaneous
1 4 (16.00%) Data Integration
2 3 (12.00%) SaaS
3 2 (8.000%) DTV
4 1 (4.000%) IVR
4 1 (4.000%) Open Source
4 1 (4.000%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.000%) Windows
1 2 (8.000%) Windows Server 2008
1 2 (8.000%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (32.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 5 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
2 5 (20.00%) Waterfall
3 4 (16.00%) Security Architecture
4 3 (12.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (12.00%) E-Commerce
4 3 (12.00%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (12.00%) B2B
4 3 (12.00%) TOGAF
5 2 (8.000%) Zachman Framework
5 2 (8.000%) Technical Architecture
5 2 (8.000%) Digital Marketing
5 2 (8.000%) Programme Management
5 2 (8.000%) Information Architecture
6 1 (4.000%) Business Transformation
6 1 (4.000%) Master Data Management
6 1 (4.000%) Data Management
6 1 (4.000%) B2C
6 1 (4.000%) Password Management
6 1 (4.000%) Usability Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.000%) PHP
Qualifications
1 4 (16.00%) ISEB
1 4 (16.00%) ISEB Practitioner
2 3 (12.00%) Degree
3 1 (4.000%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.000%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (8.000%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (8.000%) SAP
1 2 (8.000%) Citrix
1 2 (8.000%) Salesforce.com
1 2 (8.000%) VMware
2 1 (4.000%) Oracle
2 1 (4.000%) Sophos
2 1 (4.000%) ATG
2 1 (4.000%) CheckPoint
2 1 (4.000%) Siebel